Migration from a Legacy Network Appliance to a Network Function Virtualization (nfv) Appliance

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more NFV devices comprise one or more network appliances and one or more devices that execute at least one instance of a virtual network function (VNF).

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more NFV devices are to perform one or more of: firewall services, network address translation (NAT) services, domain name system (DNS) services, load-balancing services, deep packet inspection (DPI) services, transmission control protocol (TCP) optimization services, cache management services, and/or Internet Protocol (IP) address management services.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the indicator is based on one or more of: equipment fault metrics, virtualization environment fault metrics, and/or network interface fault metrics.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the indicator is based on one or more of: reliability and/or performance status information.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more NFV devices comprise one or more network appliances and one or more devices that execute at least one instance of a virtual network function (VNF).

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more NFV devices are to perform one or more of: firewall services, network address translation (NAT) services, domain name system (DNS) services, load-balancing services, deep packet inspection (DPI) services, transmission control protocol (TCP) optimization services, cache management services, and/or Internet Protocol (IP) address management services.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the indicator is based on one or more of: equipment fault metrics, virtualization environment fault metrics, and/or network interface fault metrics.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the indicator is based on one or more of: reliability and/or performance status information.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the one or more NFV devices comprise one or more network appliances and one or more devices that execute at least one instance of a virtual network function (VNF).

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the select one or more of the NFV devices is based at least in part on a status table.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the one or more NFV devices are to perform one or more of: firewall services, network address translation (NAT) services, domain name system (DNS) services, load-balancing services, deep packet inspection (DPI) services, transmission control protocol (TCP) optimization services, cache management services, and/or Internet Protocol (IP) address management services.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the indicator is based on one or more of: equipment fault metrics, virtualization environment fault metrics, and/or network interface fault metrics.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the indicator is based on one or more of: reliability and/or performance status information.

22. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the select the legacy network appliance to process the second packet is based on an indicator of the selected legacy network appliance.